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                                    HEARING

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                        SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

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                                  COMMITTEE ON
                          ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
                              UNITED STATES SENATE

                         ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

                                 SECOND SESSION

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                                    S. 3001
                                    H.R. 132
                                   H.R. 1967

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       S. ___ , DISCUSSION DRAFT OF THE RECLAMATION WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
                       FINANCE AND INNOVATION ACT OF 2018

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                                 JUNE 13, 2018
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                   COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                        LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska, Chairman
    JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming               MARIA CANTWELL, Washington
    JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho                RON WYDEN, Oregon
    MIKE LEE, Utah                       BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont
    JEFF FLAKE, Arizona                  DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan
    STEVE DAINES, Montana                JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia
    CORY GARDNER, Colorado               MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico
    LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee           MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii
    JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota            ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine
    BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana              TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois
    ROB PORTMAN, Ohio                    CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada
    SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia  TINA SMITH, Minnesota
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                        Subcommittee on Water and Power

                              JEFF FLAKE, Chairman

    JOHN BARRASSO                        CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO
    JAMES E. RISCH                       RON WYDEN
    MIKE LEE                             BERNARD SANDERS
    BILL CASSIDY                         JOE MANCHIN III
    ROB PORTMAN                          TAMMY DUCKWORTH
    SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO                 TINA SMITH

                          Brian Hughes, Staff Director
                    Patrick J. McCormick III, Chief Counsel
                    Lane Dickson, Professional Staff Member
                 Mary Louise Wagner, Democratic Staff Director
                    Sam E. Fowler, Democratic Chief Counsel
              Camille Touton, Democratic Professional Staff Member
               Spencer Gray, Democratic Professional Staff Member

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                               OPENING STATEMENTS

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    Flake, Hon. Jeff, Subcommittee Chairman and a U.S. Senator from
      Arizona........................................................     1
    Cortez Masto, Hon. Catherine, Subcommittee Ranking Member and a
      U.S. Senator from Nevada.......................................     1

                                    WITNESS

    Petty, Hon. Timothy R., Assistant Secretary for Water and
      Science, U.S. Department of the Interior.......................     7

              ALPHABETICAL LISTING AND APPENDIX MATERIAL SUBMITTED

    (The) Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation:
        Letter for the Record........................................     5
    Contra Costa Water District:
        Letter for the Record........................................    30
    Cortez Masto, Hon. Catherine:
        Opening Statement............................................     1
    East Bay Regional Park District:
        Letter for the Record........................................     3
    Family Farm Alliance:
        Letter for the Record........................................    35
    Feinstein, Hon. Dianne:
        Statement for the Record.....................................    21
    Flake, Hon. Jeff:
        Opening Statement............................................     1
    Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District:
        Statement for the Record.....................................    69
    H.R. 132, the Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District
      Office Conveyance Act of 2017..................................    50
    H.R. 1967, the Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower
      Development Act................................................    54
    Kittitas Reclamation District:
        Letter for the Record........................................    73
    Northern California Water Association:
        Statement for the Record.....................................    75
    Petty, Hon. Timothy R.:
        Opening Statement............................................     7
        Written Testimony............................................     9
        Response to Question for the Record..........................    68
    Poseidon Water:
        Letter for the Record........................................    77
    Roza Irrigation District:
        Letter for the Record........................................    80
    S. __ , Discussion Draft of the Reclamation Water Infrastructure
      Finance and Innovation Act of 2018.............................    56
    S. 3001, the Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act.....................    42
    Sites Project Authority:
        Statement for the Record.....................................    37

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                            WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018

                                   U.S. Senate,
                       Subcommittee on Water and Power,
                     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
                                                        Washington, DC.
        The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m. in
    Room SD-366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Jeff Flake,
    presiding.

                 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JEFF FLAKE,
                       U.S. SENATOR FROM ARIZONA

        Senator Flake [presiding]. This hearing of the Subcommittee
    on Water and Power will come to order.
        The purpose of today's hearing is to receive testimony on
    three Bureau of Reclamation bills as well as a discussion draft
    of legislation relating to the Water Infrastructure Finance and
    Innovation Act (WIFIA) program.
        Two of the bills before us today, S. 3001 and H.R. 132,
    would convey ownership of facilities from the Federal
    Government to water districts that have paid for them in full
    and are currently managing them. These are win-win bills that
    allow for local control of water resources and reduce costs to
    the Federal Government. The third bill that we are considering
    is H.R. 1967 which will ensure pumped storage projects on
    Reclamation facilities are not subject to two separate
    permitting processes. Finally, we will examine the discussion
    draft which would open up the WIFIA program to water supply
    projects selected by the Bureau. Last year the Subcommittee
    hosted a roundtable to discuss challenges with financing water
    supply infrastructure, and this is one of the ideas that came
    up as a way to support state and local government-led water
    projects.
        I look forward to hearing from the Administration on the
    discussion draft and working with my colleagues to ensure that
    taxpayers are protected as this concept moves forward.
        With that, I will turn to the Ranking Member, Senator
    Cortez Masto.

               STATEMENT OF HON. CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO,
                        U.S. SENATOR FROM NEVADA

        Senator Cortez Masto. Thank you, Senator, and good morning.
        Our hearing today, as you heard, is two-fold. First, a
    legislative hearing to discuss Title II transfer proposals for
    S. 3001 and H.R. 132, and H.R. 1967, legislation that would
    create a Pumped Storage program for Reclamation. We will also
    consider a discussion draft on a Water Infrastructure Finance
    Innovation Act model for water projects. The issue of title
    transfer is one that the Committee is actively discussing and
    the parameters that define which projects make for ideal
    candidates for title transfer are important.
        The legislation before us has checked these boxes. S. 3001
    and H.R. 132 seek to transfer those facilities that are already
    operated and maintained by the water districts that seek the
    title. The water districts have completely repaid their
    projects. They have worked collaboratively with stakeholders in
    the region, and there is no opposition to the transfer of these
    facilities.
        I would like to submit for the record a letter of support
    from the East Bay Regional Park District for Senate bill 3001.
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        Senator Cortez Masto. The discussion draft complements the
    legislation we are considering. The discussion draft proposes a
    financing mechanism for Reclamation-like water projects,
    similar to the EPA's WIFIA program. It is a potential tool that
    water managers can use to finance upgrades and maintenance to
    water projects for which they own title.
        Assistant Secretary Petty, I look forward to hearing your
    views on how you think water managers will utilize a WIFIA-like
    program for Reclamation.
        H.R. 1967 would give Reclamation exclusive jurisdiction
    over allowing pump storage development at projects that propose
    to use more than one Reclamation reservoir. This bill affects
    one active project, located in the State of Washington, that is
    currently going through both FERC licensing and Reclamation
    leasing.
        Well-sited pump storage is a promising opportunity for long
    duration storage on the grid.
        The recent hydropower vision report in which the Department
    of Energy participated concluded that over 16 gigawatts of new
    pumped storage capacity is feasible nationwide by 2030. This
    kind of storage will be essential to accelerate our path to a
    clean energy economy that integrates more variable wind and
    solar. That said, while reducing duplicative permitting can be
    a matter of good government, I want to draw attention to the
    need to protect tribal interests affected by this bill. Tribes
    affected by the flooding of their homelands and fisheries at
    Grand Coulee now filled by Lake Roosevelt have a number of
    important protections in place under FERC licensing. I
    understand that the bill's proponents and tribes in Washington
    are engaging on potential amendments to address this concern.
        I want to enter into the record a letter from Chairman
    Marchand of the Colville Tribes to this effect.
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        Senator Cortez Masto. And I want to note that Senator
    Cantwell has made clear she wants this issue addressed before
    marking up this bill.
        Thank you, Assistant Secretary Petty, for joining us today.
    I look forward to your testimony and our discussion.
        Senator Flake. Thank you, Senator Cortez Masto.
        As our only witness, he is looking a little lonely there.
        [Laughter.]
        Tim, Dr. Petty, knows this process well having been on all
    sides of this issue. He is Assistant Secretary for Water and
    Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
        Thank you for joining us today, and you are now recognized
    for your testimony.

      STATEMENT OF HON. TIMOTHY R. PETTY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
           WATER AND SCIENCE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

        Dr. Petty. Well, thank you both, Chairman Flake, Ranking
    Member Cortez Masto.
        Again, my name is Tim Petty. I'm the Assistant Secretary
    for Water and Science at the Department of the Interior. Thank
    you for the opportunity to provide the views of the Department
    on the multiple bills and the draft legislation proposal
    pending before the Subcommittee today.
        The Department supports each of the three bills and we
    cannot formally endorse a proposed still-in-draft form;
    however, I believe the discussion draft effort to expand WIFIA
    to include projects of interest to the Bureau of Reclamation
    could go a long way to provide much needed capital to water
    projects throughout the arid West.
        Starting off with Senate bill 3001, as introduced by
    Senator Feinstein, the Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act directs
    the Secretary to transfer and convey to the Contra Costa County
    Water District, all rights, titles and interests to the United
    States in and to the Contra Costa Canal. It includes the
    entirety of the Contra Costa Canal unit at the Central Valley
    Project, and of course, all the interest in lands associated
    within that unit.
        While the Senator's staff and the water district and the
    Department of the Interior are still finishing up final
    refinements, we are pleased to fully support this legislation.
        The second bill, as introduced by Congressman Cole, H.R.
    132, the Arbuckle Project Maintenance Complex and District
    Office Conveyance Act, also transfers a Reclamation Project. In
    this case, it is to the Arbuckle Master Conservancy District in
    Murray County, Oklahoma, and the Department also supports this
    legislation. The Department has an active title transfer
    program and supports transferring certain Reclamation project
    facilities to non-federal entities, particularly in cases where
    transfer could create opportunity, not just for those who
    receive the title, but for the other stakeholders and the
    public as well. This is also consistent with the broader aims
    that the Administration's title transfer legislation proposal
    transmitted to Congress in February of this year which is still
    under consideration.
        We also support H.R. 1967, the Bureau of Reclamation's Pump
    Storage Hydropower Development Act, and have worked with
    Congressman Noem and many other members on both aisles in the
    House to craft this bill. The goal of this legislation is to
    streamline the development and permitting of non-federal, pump
    storage hydroelectric projects on Reclamation reservoirs. We
    see this bill as providing opportunity for future pump storage
    advancement and to streamline the permitting process which may
    encourage the development of more of these type of projects. As
    stated at previous hearings on hydropower-related issues before
    the Subcommittee, Reclamation will continue to review and
    assess potential new hydropower projects that provide a high
    economic return for the nation that are both clean and energy
    efficient and can be accomplished in accordance with protection
    of both fish, tribal, the environment and Reclamation concerns.
        Finally, Mr. Chairman, let me turn my attention to the
    discussion draft designed to expand WIFIA to include water
    projects selected and recommended by the Reclamation
    Commissioner. Specifically, the proposed legislation builds on
    EPA's previously authorized WIFIA programs to allow EPA to
    approve secured loans for projects that are determined by the
    Secretary and the Commissioner to meet the eligible criteria
    for non-federal water infrastructure projects and would
    generate additional water supplies. The benefit of this
    approach includes avoiding redundancy among the agencies and
    increasing efficiencies by allowing agencies to continue to
    operate within their respective areas of expertise.
        Continuation of EPA's role in evaluating and approving
    secure loan builds on the expertise of that specific agency
    that has already been implemented within WIFIA rather than
    requiring multiple agencies to support that function
    individually. Likewise, providing authority to the Commissioner
    of Reclamation determined which non-federal water
    infrastructure project would be considered by EPA utilizing
    Reclamation's significant expertise in identifying these type
    of projects. My written testimony provides some constructive
    ideas to improve this discussion draft. I appreciate the work
    that the Committee is doing to develop this legislation that
    will assist in providing financial assistance to non-federal
    water projects and possibly some transfer work operations.
        This concludes my remarks. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, I
    would be happy to take any questions that you may have. Thank
    you.
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        Senator Flake. Thank you, Dr. Petty.
        Before turning to questions, I ask that the statement of
    Senator Feinstein on S. 3001 be made part of the record,
    without objection.
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        Senator Flake. Dr. Petty, in your testimony on the Contra
    Costa Canal Transfer project, you mention revenues from
    contracts that currently come to the Treasury would be
    transferred by this bill. Can you provide additional detail
    about the contracts and the lost revenue that you are
    referencing?
        Dr. Petty. Yes, for sure, Senator.
        I've already had some conversations with your staff,
    specifically. We are happy to give you the details.
        Just for reference, there's like two or three specifically
    that have, through the years, like a parking lot to a Starbucks
    which is partly on Reclamation land at this point when we did
    our FONSI. There is another small business that also has some
    access on the property as well as a back road development to a
    housing project that's there.
        So, we're looking at like $6,700 a year revenue that we
    gain from those different kind of aspects, not adding up to
    more than $100,000, less than $100,000 easily, a year. So I am
    happy to give you all those details as we go forward in those
    areas.
        Senator Flake. Thank you.
        Now, you also testified earlier this year on a bill that
    would allow the Bureau to carry out title transfers on
    facilities like the two before us today, ones that are really
    low-hanging fruit, without requiring an act of Congress.
        Based on your understanding of Senator Risch's title
    transfer legislation, I know that you understand it well, would
    both of these transfers qualify for the administrative process
    in that proposal?
        Dr. Petty. Yes, just to get into some of the highlights.
    There are just so many opportunities that many of these, the
    perfect example of Contra Costa and even Arbuckle that started
    in 1962. They finished complete payment in full by 2012. The
    majority of those have already been transferred over. There's
    just those nuance components that we will work through the
    details. We want to do our due diligence within the
    Administration to make sure we do a complete FONSI.
        We do any type of EIS process so that it's clear of when we
    do that full transfer that both Congress has the full
    understanding of what that is entailed so we can have those
    full good conversations and make that complete transfer made
    available.
        Senator Flake. Thank you.
        The Reclamation WIFIA discussion draft would authorize the
    Bureau to select projects that are eligible for loans that the
    EPA would administer. I assume the idea here is to prevent
    duplication of costs and personnel by standing up a new program
    when EPA already executes these type of loans. Conceptually,
    this may sound like a good idea, but it could be complicated to
    implement.
        Has the Bureau spoken to the EPA about the role each agency
    might break down if something like this was enacted? How would
    this implementation work?
        Dr. Petty. Yes, Senator.
        Some actual really good examples, but in the big picture
    our Denver Office of Reclamation has already been interacting
    with EPA on a number of these discussions. We like the idea
    that of the loan capability because WIFIA has been within EPA
    for a long time.
        They've got the resources and capabilities, but there's
    projects within Reclamation that we feel that we could either
    collaborate well with EPA and have those discussions, even as
    an example of that is maybe having a staff of Reclamation being
    on, maybe, like the Board of Review at EPA when they review who
    qualifies for any WIFIA programs and if there's any type of
    connection with other organizations with whether it's U.S. Army
    Corps of Engineer, Reclamation and EPA actually working
    together brings capabilities and highlights that actually make
    sense.
        Senator Flake. Would any additional employees be necessary
    at Reclamation if EPA implements these programs?
        Dr. Petty. That's going to be a good question. As we look
    into how the draft really develops, we'll be able to answer any
    of those questions as what kind of resources for Reclamation.
    We already have an existing WaterSMART program that actually
    gives out grants that we have a really formal process that we
    go through that may have those same kind of capabilities.
        So, the duplication, I can't imagine being extensive of
    requirements for new staff because we already have expertise in
    how we actually implement the WaterSMART which has been very
    successful in the Western states already. It's those kind of
    combinations that we would look into as the Administration
    considers the legislation that you're working to put together.
        Senator Flake. Alright. Thank you.
        Senator Cortez Masto.
        Senator Cortez Masto. Thank you, Dr. Petty.
        Let's stay on the WIFIA discussion draft proposal. I
    understand the projects eligible for the WIFIA funding must be
    non-federal. How do you see the program intended to fund non-
    federal water projects complementing the mission of Reclamation
    projects which are federally owned?
        Dr. Petty. I asked that exact same question to my staff as
    well, and I think it's a very good question.
        As an example of what their thoughts were, even interacting
    with EPA on some of these components, is in the area of what is
    what we're also talking about are the title transfers, right?
        Senator Cortez Masto. Right.
        Dr. Petty. There's a lot of small projects that actually
    need resources that Reclamation just does not have the
    resources to help that could actually add water supply. Part of
    that combination of why we believe that title transfer is
    important is that it gives those smaller projects the ability
    to take title and then do their own system of investing into
    these areas.
        With the concept of why water supply is expansion
    incapable, something like WIFIA might have the possibility
    within those frameworks of saying, okay, it's no longer non-
    federal, right? It becomes a non-federal project and then
    having the capabilities of helping them to shore up some
    capabilities of adding to their water supply is just a concept
    or an idea that would be useful in that kind of combination.
        Senator Cortez Masto. Okay, thank you.
        I know a general concern of loan programs is ensuring that
    the taxpayer funding is protected. How would Reclamation ensure
    that, should they have the authority, that you recommend
    projects that are of the best interest and investment to the
    taxpayer?
        Dr. Petty. Yeah, another great question.
        So, very much of a process that we go through is through
    the findings process, referred to like a FONSI as well as all
    of our EIS requirements to look at the environmental
    assessments that we do before any aspect of title transfer
    takes place. It's a very open process, it allows all the
    stakeholders and community to be involved of what is trying to
    be accomplished and obviously the Congress is very much
    engaged.
        This one, each bill coming up and testifying on the title
    transfer can be expedited to some extent if a title transfer
    package is implemented so that you would have continual access
    to see how we are processing this, but we don't have to come up
    and do onesies and twosies every time a title transfer has come
    due as infrastructure is even getting to that older
    infrastructure age, so many of these projects are from the
    '50s, '60s and '70s. Just to start looking at each one and
    bringing it up here for each one would become all-consuming.
        Senator Cortez Masto. Okay. And do you believe that
    Reclamation has the capacity to implement a WIFIA-like program?
        Dr. Petty. I think there's very much room for discussion
    and this is what I really want to be able to do with both of
    you as the Chair and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on
    working through that as we tighten up and look at the title
    transfer capability, but the WIFIA program specifically, we, as
    the Administration, don't want to create more systems
    bureaucracy if not necessary. But at the same time if we can
    actually help do what our ultimate goal is, to actually provide
    water supply to a very arid communities out West, then, I
    think, we need to make those efforts to see how we can help.
        Senator Cortez Masto. Great, thank you.
        Let me talk a little bit about the pump storage and tribal
    communities.
        Dr. Petty. Yup.
        Senator Cortez Masto. How would Reclamation ensure that
    tribal interests and homelands are protected in developing a
    Reclamation pump storage permitting program?
        Dr. Petty. Yes, a very, very great question and I think
    even the process that we're working with, even the capabilities
    up in Washington State in engaging with the tribes, allowing
    them to be very much part of that specific process of what that
    entails.
        I know that there's a number of interests as well from the
    tribes of actually trying to provide more water resources to
    some of those arid areas and pump storage, whether it's Banks
    Lake up in Washington State that we're referring to, making
    sure that they're very much part of the program because they
    have a high interest of what that entails for that water
    resource, especially in hatcheries and other capabilities that
    they're very interested in.
        Senator Cortez Masto. Thank you.
        Dr. Petty, thank you for being here this morning. I look
    forward to working with you, and I appreciate the comments.
        Dr. Petty. Yeah, likewise. Thank you, Senator.
        Senator Flake. Thanks.
        Continuing on pump storage, it is daunting enough to have
    one federal permitting process. To have to go through two is,
    obviously, a major disincentive. About how many potential
    instances of this double regulation exist across Bureau
    projects? Is it common? How common is it to have upper and
    lower reservoirs with different authorizations required?
        Dr. Petty. You know, Senator, I think part of the concept
    of pump storage has been around a long time but there's not
    really been, what I would call, a huge effort to really say
    what would happen if there's consideration.
        And so, as more Western states and communities start to
    think about utilizing pump storage and actually new technology
    that is actually being developed with those kind of
    capabilities, I think there's a lot of interests that are
    taking place, for sure, in each of the states. They've come to
    Reclamation to talk about those concepts.
        Banks Lake is a good example of those kind of areas. I know
    working with Senator Risch in Idaho there were some other
    projects that pump storage would have some incredible
    capability that would allow, not only pump storage, but would
    give capabilities that we're talking about as well in areas of
    aquifer recharge, of capabilities of very high seasonal periods
    where we have flood impacts that are huge that if there's ways
    to actually mitigate and manage during those really peak
    periods that would benefit all the communities in those areas
    from everything from flood impact to actually water management
    and fishery capacity.
        It has a lot of capabilities into the future. We just need
    to be working together on how we're going to implement and look
    through those, but I know Reclamation has those capabilities,
    the technologies and the engineering to really be able to
    openly communicate some of those good options.
        Senator Flake. We often hear from entities pursuing title
    transfer of Reclamation facilities that they manage. One of the
    main reasons for doing so is access to capital.
        How do you think that transferring title to eligible
    facilities and some kind of financing mechanism will help
    address some of the aging infrastructure challenges that are
    being faced with the Bureau projects?
        Dr. Petty. Right off the bat what comes to mind is what
    you, even in your opening statement, talked about, not only the
    low-hanging fruit but there are just so many projects that we
    just don't have the resources to actually help them because
    we're dealing with bigger projects that seem to consume a lot
    of the allocated resources that we have.
        And so, the idea of working in the title transfer, it
    allows these projects that are really desperate to actually
    upgrade their infrastructure, that allows them to say, we have
    that ability to start managing it ourselves and then gain that
    resources that our list is so long that it's like we're not
    going to get to you for a long time, if ever. That allows them
    to move forward on helping themselves in these infrastructure
    projects.
        Senator Flake. Thank you.
        Senator Cortez Masto.
        Senator Cortez Masto. Just one follow-up, and I am curious.
    How do you delineate projects or facilities that should not be
    candidates for title transfer?
        Dr. Petty. I think the best part of that process is the
    stakeholders. Those stakeholders need to be coming together,
    talking through exactly what it is that they need to move,
    whether it's beneficial to that community and to either that
    water district or that canal company that's advantageous, not
    only to the canal company, but to the community at large and
    where that community can go. And so, that open process, I
    think, needs to be that key part of making sure, up front, that
    it is a collective that is agreeing to yeah, if we could
    actually receive title, that it will allow that community to
    grow and flourish in all of those areas.
        Senator Cortez Masto. Okay, thank you.
        Dr. Petty. You are welcome.
        Senator Flake. Dr. Petty, thank you for making this an
    efficient hearing.
        [Laughter.]
        We appreciate the Administration's views on this.
        We have received letters on several of these proposals,
    including from the Colville Tribes, Contra Costa Water
    District, Family Farm Alliance, and Sites Reservoir Project
    Joint Powers Authority (JPA). With unanimous consent, these
    will be made part of the hearing record.
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                          CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT

                    Canal Rehabilitation Feasibility Studies

                       FINAL REPORT -- JUNE 2014

        The complete report can be found on the Committee's website
    at: https://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/6/
    subcommittee-on-water-and-power-legislative-hearing-06-13-18.

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        Senator Flake. Any additional questions may be submitted
    for the record before the close of business tomorrow.
        The record will be open for two weeks. We would appreciate
    you responding promptly to any questions that come your way.
        With the thanks of the Subcommittee, this hearing is now
    adjourned.
        [Whereupon, at 10:25 a.m. the hearing was adjourned.]

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